hegumen

English

Alternative forms

• hegumenos, egumen, igumen, higumen, ihumen, hegumon

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἡγούμενος (hēgoúmenos, “leader”).

Noun

hegumen (plural hegumens)

1. (Christianity) The head of a monastery of the Eastern Orthodox Church or Eastern Catholic Churches.
   • 2015, Ines Angeli Murzaku, Monasticism in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Republics:

     From 1517 to 1637 a total of 19 Kirillov hegumens were transferred to other influential positions, and nine of them were raised to episcopal seats.

Coordinate terms

• hegumene
• hegumeness

Translations

head of a monastery

• Finnish: igumeeni (fi)
• French: hégoumène (fr), higoumène (fr)
• Georgian: იღუმენი კაცი (iɣumeni ḳaci)
• Italian: egumeno m
• Macedonian: игумен m (igumen), игуменија f (igumenija)
• Russian: игу́мен (ru) m (igúmen)
• Serbo-Croatian: игуман m (iguman)

See also

• abbot
• archimandrite
• hetman